Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Condensed-matter physics

Superfluidity in the picture

Strongly interacting atomic Fermi gases — useful models for many other exotic forms of matter — enter a superfluid state at low temperatures. The first direct observation of that transition has been made.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1: Changing shape.

References

  1. Zwierlein, M. W., Schunck, C. H., Schirotzek, A. & Ketterle, W. Nature 442, 54–58 (2006).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. O'Hara, K. M., Hemmer, S. L., Gehm, M. E., Granade, S. R. & Thomas, J. E. Science 298, 2179–2182 (2002).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Thomas, J. E. & Gehm, M. E. Am. Sci. 92, 238–245 (2004).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Kinast, J., Turlapov, A. & Thomas, J. E. Opt. Phot. News 16, 21 (2005).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Chevy, F. & Salomon, C. Phys. World 18, 43–47 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Regal, C. A., Greiner, M. & Jin, D. S. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 040403 (2004).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Zwierlein, M. W. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120403 (2004).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Kinast, J., Hemmer, S. L., Gehm, M. E., Turlapov, A. & Thomas, J. E. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 150402 (2004).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Bartenstein, M. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 203201 (2004).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Chin, C. et al. Science 305, 1128–1130 (2004).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Kinast, J. et al. Science 307, 1296–1299 (2005).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Zwierlein, M. W., Abo-Shaeer, J. R., Schirotzek, A., Schunck, C. H. & Ketterle, W. Nature 435, 1047–1051 (2005).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Partridge, G. B., Li, W., Kamar, R. I., Liao, Y. & Hulet, R. G. Science 311, 503–505 (2006).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Zwierlein, M. W., Schunck, C. H., Stan, C. A., Raupach, S. M. F. & Ketterle, W. Science 311, 492–496 (2006).

    Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Thomas, J. Superfluidity in the picture. Nature 442, 32–33 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/442032a

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/442032a

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing